2008 Press Releases

CEMEX quarry manager honoured in queen’s new year listJohn Drayton, quarry manager at CEMEX in Barrington, has been awarded the Order of the British Empire: Member (MBE) for services to the quarry industry and geology. John Drayton first came to CEMEX’s Barrington Cement Plant 38 years ago.

New urban concrete plants open for businessCEMEX’s latest new concrete plants, at Stepney in London and Oldbury in Birmingham, are up and running and represent significant investment and commitment to local construction markets.Both plants are well placed to provide readymixed concrete for housing, infrastructure and other construction projects in some of the busier conurbations in the country.

New hoppers to increase rail transportation to over 10% for CEMEX UKNew state-of-the-art rail hopper wagons are now transporting aggregates on behalf of CEMEX UK, building materials provider, increasing its rail transportation to over 10% of all transport. 82 new CEMEX-branded hopper wagons are high capacity, track-friendly wagons that will maximise the amount of materials transported.

CEMEX collects five top marketing awardsBuilding materials company CEMEX has been presented with five awards for the company’s marketing excellence at the prestigious Construction Marketing Awards 2008.This award scheme, which is organised by Construction News, sponsored by ConstructionSkills and supported by the Chartered Institute of Marketing’s Construction Industry Group, recognises...

New collaborative book uses power of pictures to put the spotlight climate changeA new book, A Climate for Life, was today launched in London by global building materials provider CEMEX and biodiversity partnership body Conservation International.The book, which has also been developed in association with the International League of Conservation...

New collaborative book uses power of pictures to put the spotlight climate change.

Underfloor heating – The importance of having the right baseAndy Nevitt, a screed flooring expert from CEMEX UK, the leading building materials provider, talks about what architects, developers and self builders need to know when choosing screeds to use over underfloor heating systems.Underfloor heating systems have steadily grown in popularity...

CEMEX Promotes Cement ExpertsGlobal building solutions company CEMEX has promoted current director at Rugby cement plant, Carlos Uruchurtu, to vice president for cement operations in the UK, while current operations manager at Rugby, Luis Galan, has been appointed new plant director with immediate effect.

New CEMEX mortar plant opens for businessBuilding materials provider CEMEX UK has commissioned a new £6 million dry silo mortar plant at Braintree in Essex, from which factory-made mortars are delivered dry to construction sites.

CEMEX Launches New Online Location Finders To Help Customer OrderingLeading building materials provider, CEMEX UK has launched two new online tools to help customers locate with ease the building materials and services they require.The tools, www.cemexlocations.co.uk and www.cemexstockists.co.uk enable customers to find in seconds the nearest CEMEX outlet or Sales...

CEMEX UK Announces Plans For New Warwickshire Plant To Make Green Fuel From Local Waste Building materials solutions company CEMEX has announced plans for a new plant that would receive residual household and commercial waste and transform it into a sustainable green fuel, referred to by CEMEX as Climafuel.The new...

CEMEX UK Announces Plans For New Warwickshire Plant To Make Green Fuel From Local Waste

CEMEX Presents Land At Ten Acre Lane To Thorpe BrowniesBuilding materials company, CEMEX, has transferred land at Ten Acre Lane in Thorpe, Surrey, to the local Scouts movement to help secure the future of a hut where local Brownies, Cubs and Scouts have been meeting for more than 40 years.As...

Looking At Concrete In A New Light As A Sustainable Building MaterialConcrete has traditionally endured a poor reputation as a fundamental building material due to perceptions concerning its reliance on virgin raw materials and the energy consumption and emissions associated with its production process.

Use Of Tyres Shows Further Environmental Gains For CEMEX’s Cement Plant In Rugby Building materials company, CEMEX UK, has published a draft report for public consultation following a trial programme using chipped tyres as a substitute fuel at an increased rate of six tonnes per hour at its cement plant in Rugby.

Use Of Tyres Shows Further Environmental Gains For CEMEX’s Cement Plant In Rugby

The new "Green" paving from CEMEX UK Two new paving designs, ideal for drives, patios and ornamental gardens, have been launched by one of the UK’s leading building materials supplier, CEMEX. Chelsea ReadyFlowTM and Barbican ReadyFlowTM are stylish concrete block permeable pavers which will not require planning permission when new legislation comes into force in October 2008.

CEMEX UK Granted permit to use Climafuel permanently at Barrington WorksBuilding materials solutions company, CEMEX UK, has been granted permission by the cement industry regulator, the Environment Agency (EA), to use a waste-derived fuel, Climafuel, to part-replace the fossil fuels used to heat the kiln at Barrington cement plant in Cambridgeshire.

CEMEX UK GRANTED PERMIT TO USE CLIMAFUEL PERMANENTLY AT BARRINGTON WORKS

CEMEX UK launches the first pallet collection system in the cement businessBuilding materials supplier CEMEX UK has launched the first UK pallet collection system within the cement industry for the customers of its packed cement products.Over 10 million bags of CEMEX Rugby+ cement are sold every year, and transported on...

CEMEX UK launches the first pallet collection system in the cement business

CEMEX Continues Ambitious UK Investment Programme With New, Strategic London Plant Leading building materials supplier CEMEX has begun its 2008 ambitious national investment programme in the UK with a new state-of-the art concrete plant at one of the capital's busiest sites off Butchers Row, Stepney in East London.The £2.2 million...

ReadyflowTM, A New Permeable Paving Solution With Green Credentials From CEMEX UKBuilding materials supplier CEMEX UK has launched ReadyflowTM, a new concrete block permeable paver to add to the ReadyPave® range.

ReadyflowTM, A New Permeable Paving Solution With Green Credentials From CEMEX UK

CEMEX's Barrington Plant Scoops Three Awards For Outstanding Health & Safety RecordBarrington cement plant with adjoining quarry in Cambridgeshire, which is owned by global building materials company, CEMEX, has scooped three Health and Safety Awards following the plant's record four years without a lost time injury.

CEMEX Leads The Way With Training To Meet Future Skill ShortagesEmployees at building materials company, CEMEX UK, are leading the way in operational training for the sector, with more than 85% of operational staff undertaking training at any one time.Since introducing National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) in 2002, CEMEX employees have...

New education centre sponsored by CEMEX UK gets royal seal of approvalThe Tree House Centre, a new environmental education centre at Cannock Forest, Staffordshire was officially opened by Her Royal Highness Princess Anne with Lex Russell, Vice President Aggregates and Tony Rowley, Development Manager Western region in attendance.The new centre is sponsored by CEMEX UK.

New education centre sponsored by CEMEX UK gets royal seal of approval

CEMEX UK Announces Record Performance In All Its Cement Plants In 2007Building materials company CEMEX UK today announced record cement clinker productivity at all three of its cement plants which together achieved world-class efficiency levels of 90.5 per cent in the period January 2007 to January 2008.This has resulted in...

CEMEX UK Announces Record Performance In All Its Cement Plants In 2007

CEMEX UK appoints new country presidentGlobal building solutions company CEMEX has appointed Gonzalo Galindo as new country president for the business in the UK with immediate effect.Mr Galindo comes to the UK from Madrid, where he was previously Vice President of Strategic Planning and Integrated Functions Coordinator for Europe, Middle...

RUSSELL® presents a new concrete roof tile with the beauty of natural slateThe start of 2008 sees the launch of Moray, a new range of Russell® concrete roof tiles from CEMEX UK, the leading building materials supplier.

RUSSELL® presents a new concrete roof tile with the beauty of natural slate

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CEMEX has fully restored Lade Pits Quarry back to nature, making it safe for public amenity use and as a nature reserve. Handed on to RSPB - for general public to enjoy wildlife View